After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better ...

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

Serious human rights violations remain rampant in Belarus, United Nations investigators said Friday, adding that some of the ...

Political opponents and journalists willing to challenge Lukashenka’s sham election face prison, exile or worse – but they ...

Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

A journalist was among at least three people jailed in Belarus who the White House said Wednesday were released following a ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

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An American was among three people released from prison by the government of Belarus, the Trump administration announced ...

Alexander Lukashenko will soon begin his seventh term as president of Belarus. The official result of the 26 January election gave him 86.8 per cent of the vote, following an election held in a ...

The UN Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus reported on Friday that the Belarusian government committed widespread human rights violations, including crimes against ...

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after ...